Motor-cycle gun-mount.



SQ T. KELLOGG.

. MOTORCYCLE GUNYMOUNT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 22, 19!?- 5 7 m u 1 n m w 1 M W m 1am h m Vu TIU Ed w. M, e

8.. T. KELLOGG. MOTOR CYCLE GUN MOUNT. APPLICATION FILELi MAY 22' 1911--1,234,172.

\ PatelitedJu'ly24, 1917 2 sntgTs-sngn 2.

j JIM/1 w [I W ,I" I w amen f0? e l w flttum 146 v r fnp neation filedMay 22, 1917 -seria1 uo. 170,319. V

around at arightangle to that-'isliown in Fig.1 1 with -the gun pointedover the Wheel of the side frame attachment-Q ii r Referring in. detailto "the;. characters of reference 5 represents fa-- nriotorcyclefwhich hmaybeof any of'the Wel-lknown'commercial? typesfand 6 fthe side 'carfra-me attached thereto and further supported by- "the 5 side wheel '7 LThis side car 'ch assisfincluding the. 65 axlejwheel &c., like themotorcycle proper; maylbe'ofanyof'the commercial rms such as isempl'oyedfor;supporting a i'de body; v v I .butwhich'for myi purpose "isreniovedj and l i 1 To all'whomz't mag/comermv a B'eZitfknOWn thatSTANLEY- T'VKELLOGG, a I

citizen of-th'e' United fStates, and resident of 7 Bridgeport, in thecounty ;of -Fai rfield" and :;S1;ate;of Connecticut; h'as invented acertain new and useful: Improvements; in Motor Cys cle'Gun-Mounts; ofwhich the followingfis a specification, 1 n if 1- I My invention relatesto vnew and: useful 7 i' improvementsin motorcycle gun mounts formachine'fg'unsi- "The; purpose of-theyinventionf-i's to provide a -special ="for1n off gun mount for'fmachin'e' guns ofsmall caliber whichmaybe mounted uponandoperated from a platform supported-uponthe'c'omi'non form of side car chassis I ofbmotorcycles, and without thenecessity of 'making any" change Whatever in l the constructiofnofeither theamotorcycleythe side car; frame or'mechan ism-carrying thesame. A? Further 'tondesignthe; gun: mount so vthat it be operated by aperson carried-upon the-floor or platforin 8 5shown- 'upoir this framein the present drawings,- substitutedZ-A I provide 'a special formfofpedestal- 9 whicli'is'secured to the' floor 8 and ismountedsubstantially" over the" line of the V axle ;of the rear 1 wheels of theinoto'rcycle and side car 'chassi'sL In this 'pedestal isj forme'da Isocket to'recei-ve the pivot'of a-block lUthat 1 is ad'a-pted'to turnupon'and in the support mount "the" side rchassis and entirelyindependent: of I theiinanUoperating the motorcyc1e, and'::pai{-ticularlyzlto aidesignrand construct theiigun so that it may headjustable} to I varij ous angles and likewise fo-r firing itineitherafoirwa-rd, s1dew1s'e,1rearward or anynter out departuremediateidire'ctions with respect to the motor cycle; l 1* .Withfitheseandlother sobjectsinivievu the invention :re sides' and jconsistsgin the(5011- '1 struction f and; novel combination and: arrangement bf partshereinafter -more fully (1880 "bed-,' illustrated 'ink the jaccompanying drawin s, and: pointed out in -:the claims 4 heretoappended,

it ildeing understood that j var ous'changes ntheform, proportion, size:and mmor detalls ofconstr'u'ction wlthin the scope ,ofthe claims may beIBSQItfidirljO with from the spirit. orsacrificing any o-f theadvantages of the invention.

Similar characters ofreference'denote like or corresponding partsthroughout the sev-" 'eral figures of the accompanylng drawlngs [forminga part ofthis specification, .and

upon WlllCll', r I V Figure 1 showsa top fplanviewi ofa mo- 7 Y torcycle5 i mount supported thereon,

' J bythe inount, being pointed-1n .a forward 'direction;fl I y Y Fig.2isafront elevation upon a slightly having a slde car chassis attachment,and with my improved form of gun the gun carried enlarged scaleof theconstruction shown 1n Fig.1 the gun mou"nt however, being swun'g' gun:byxthe gunner as well a's plentyf=offoot to i andf from the p upon theplatform. Upon this *table'is supgun segment 17 which'carriesf-th gun 18which may be of a standard govern arm 12 is mounted in and ada ptedbead- L justed horizontallyin this block "secured" c' ,7

in" position by-the clamping screw: 13Tliijs arm is'detachably securedinthe-'saidT-block and is crooked and' disposed :upward and outwardto-clear thesi'de wheel-When the arm 'and'gu'nisswunglaround from; afront 4% lar formation of this arm is important; since it gives room forthefmanipulati0nof2the or rear to asldewise position, ''Ihe'Vpa-rticu-1,c

the arm 12 and is positioned-in line withthe. sameand th pedestal so'aszto ibe adjusted ment of'the-arm'jin the blocks; a

' Upon theouter end of this arm smounted l a double swivel *15 having-asocket? 1 9- to 'i re-f "c'ei'v'e the pivot 20 of a table 16 andwhereby1 the latter may be adjusted to variousposi tions as occasion mayrequireJTh'e sockets in thepedestal andswivel are the same size so as topermit the table of the segment to-be detached and set directlyintothesocket'ofw the "pedestal, if desired, for shipment or while travelingover the road. "In this case the arm would bedisconnected and packedporte'dfth'e ment type with means for "adjusting lt' 7 d edestal -with'the adjust-Q I I I V elevating it to various positions, and thereforewill not require further detail description.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the device as constructed willallow the gunner to sit ,behind the gun at alltimes to be ear riedaroundithe pedestal with the turning of the gun since by reasonofithespecial-form of crooked arm ample room is provided for thegunncrvas between the arm and the ;motorcycle.-, The gunisf thusladapted to be used while the car'issin-lmotion, as-well as when;standing};- still, and; can readily be pointed in most any direction.

Having, thusdescribed my: invention .what I rclaim gand desire to secureby Letters-Patent; is,:

1. Th'e-: combination with a motorcycle having 515151918; ca-r chassis,of a platform mounted ,thereon, a pedestal upon the plat-, form,aisupporting, arm pivotally. supported on thepedestal and deflected:upward and outward; so; asto besWun-g; over theside wheel ito permitthegun to be 'proj ected in a crosswise'position and .a-seat for'thegunner.

2; The combinationwith the; sidecar chassis: of; a. motorcycle, of.aplatform mounted upon the chassis, a pedestal mounted thereon 1 having;a.- socket therein, a 1 supports ing arm jadjustably mounted on-.thepedestal and :deflected outward upward and {OVQI'} the sidenvheel-,yaswivel carried upon thearm and having a socket, a table and; segmentmounted in the; socket; of: the; swivel and adapted to als'ofit thesocketin the-pedestal."

3'.'-,Th'el combination with a motor cycle having; side can chassis, of!a, platform mounted thereon, a pedestal mounted upon the platform, ablock; adjustably mounted upon the pedestal;a11d ;located5below the topof thesside wheel, atsupportingv-arm carried by the, block: anddeflected'upward ,and t outward over the side: wheel to permit the guntobe swimggaroundz into a crosswise position, and a seat attached to theblock on the; opposite; side from the-arm and arranged below: thertopof'the side wheel.

4.- The combination with the side car chassis of a 'motorcycle, ofaplatform mounted upon the chassis, a pedestal mounted-there- Copies ofthis vp atent may be obtainedsfor flvecents each;

on, a pivotal block adjustably mounted upon the base, a supporting armadjustably mounted inthe'pivotalblock and deflected upwardand over theside wheel to clear the same when the gun is swung around into asidewise position, a seat attached to the lower endof'the arm andadapted tobe adjusted therewith ,to and from the pivotal block.

5. The combination with the side car chassis of a motorcycle, of--apedestal mounted thereon, a pivotal block adjustablymounted upon thebase, a supporting arm adjustably mounted 'in the pivotal 'block and 1deflected upwardja-nd over the side wheeLto clear, the same when Lthegun r is swung around into 121 sidewise position, a; seat attached tothe:v lower end of the arm and adapted to be, adjusted therewith to andfrom the pivotal block,

6. The combination-with a: motorcycle of the side car type, of aplatform 1mounted upon-thesideJcar chassis, a pedestal mountedthereonnnd in line with the axis softhe two wheelsof the; vehicle,ablock: adjustably mounted uponfthe-base, a: supporting arm Carried bythe bloclaanddefiected upward and outward .to clear the side wheel and:permita the gun to be swung arou-ndat azright angle, a. swivel mounted:upon the upperv end of the arm, ,a vtable carried upon the swivelanda'dapteditdbe adjustedto various positions, and agun mounted :uponthe table.

7; The combinationwith the side car chassisof a motorcycle, of aplatform mounted upon the. chassis, a pedestal mounted .ove'r the lineofthe. axis ofithe rear wheels, a pivotal block adj ustably mounted uponthe base, a} supporting arm adjustably mounted in the pivotal block anddeflected f upward and over the side wheel to clear the same when thegun isswungaround into a sidewise position, a seatattached to the lowerend of the arm and adaptedt-o be-adjustedtherewith to and fromthe-pivotal block.

Signed at Bridgeport in the county of Eairfield and State of Connecticutthis 19th day. of May, .A: .D, .191

STANLEY T. KELLOGG.

Witness O. .M; NEWMAN.

by addressing 'the Commissioner of; Patents,

Washington, 30.0.

